Oklahoma Center for the Book. 1990 Oklahoma Book Award Program.

HONORING:
MR. DAVID C. HUNT
MR: WILLlAM KISTLER
,. ,MR. LEONARD J. LEFF
MRS,HELEN RONEY SATTLER
MR.&OBERT LOVE TAYLOR
~MR~ i::PIARLES BANKS WILSON
,. " .. r ~' . .;r;l': I
" 16 ·!iI . ! ! .~ " " 1'"
", November 17, 1989
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
FICTION
Mr. Robert Love Taylor ................................ The Lost Sister
Born and raised in Oklahoma, Robert Love Taylor is now a professor
of English at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. He has published
more than 60 short stories in the most distinguished American merary
journals. The Lost Sister is based on Taylo(s own family history.
Patty Lou Floyd, author of The Sliver DeSoto, says, "Taylor's
dialogue becomes a metaphor for Oklahoma of the '20s and '30s,
evoking the people's bare-bones existence and the washed-away,
blown-away landscape."
NON-FICTION
Mr. Leonard J_ Left ...................... _.. Hitchcock and Selznick
An Oklahoman since 1979, Leonard J. Left is an associate professor
of English at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. He has written
numerous articles for popular art magazines and academic journals,
and Hitchcock and Selznlck received a British Film Instttute Book
Award in t 988. The story of the Hollywood collaboration of two distinct
personaltties which never meshed, the New York Times Book Review
calls his book "Compelling ... an absorbing dual portratt of professional
equals."
CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT
Mrs. Helen Roney Sattler .. Tyrannosaurus Rex and Its Kin
An Oklahoman since 1952, Helen Roney Sattler has been both an
elementary school teacher and a children's librarian. She has over 30
books in print, and has been honored wtth a Boston Globe/Horn Book
Award, a Golden Kite Award, and an American Library Association
Book Award. Tyrannosaurus Rex tells where each dinosaur lived
and how its body was adapted to tts style of hunting; full-color
paintings show each creature in tts natural habttat.
POETRY AND PLAYSCRIPT
Mr. William Kistler .... _.. .................. The Elizabeth Sequence
A native ofT ulsa, William Kistler now combines a business career wtth
the wrtting of poetry. He is the author of three recent books of poetry
in addttion to this collection, and has been published in popular and
scholarly magazines. The Elizabeth Sequence is a 20-year collec­tion
of poetry which traces a relationship from inttial meeting to
departure. Elizabeth Hardwick says, "Love poems these are, the
eternal thing, found love and lost love. They will bring back old
memories and stir new reflections in any reader."
DESIGN/ILLUSTRATION
Mr. David C. Hunt and Charles Banks Wilson .. _.. .............. ..
The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson
Author David C. Hunt and artist Charles Banks Wilson have collabo­rated
to produce a book of over 100 lithographs reproduced as
duotones. Hunt is Curator of Art at the Center for Western Studies in
Omaha, Nebraska, and has served as curator of the Gilcrease
Museum in Tulsa. Charles Banks Wilson of Miami, Oklahoma, has
portraits in the State Capitol Rotunda. His works are in the permanent
collections of the Metropolttan Museum of Art, Library of Congress
and Smtthsonian Institute. Alexandre Hogue says of Wilson's collec­tion
of Oklahoma paintings: "A kind of inner light, glow or brilliance
seems to come right out of the prints. Hurray for my student David
Hunt."
OKLAHOMA BOOK AWARDS
PROGRAM
Welcome ................................................ Mr. Daniel Blanchard
President, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Special Tribute to Dr. Arrell Gibson
First President, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Presentation of Awards ............................... Mr. Robert Allen
Director, Oklahoma Educational Television Authority
Fiction ............................................... Mr. Robert Love Taylor
The Lost Sister
(Mrs. Bettye Dew accepting lor Algonquin Books 01 Chapel Hill)
Non-Fiction ............................................. Mr. Leonard J. Left
Hitchcock and Selznick
(Published by Grove Weidenleld)
Children and Young Adult ........... Mrs. Helen Roney Sattler
Tyrannosaurus Rex and Its Kin
(Ms. Kathryn Gatz accepting for Mrs. Sattler)
(Published by Lothrop. Lee and Shepard)
Poetry and Playscript .............................. Mr. William Kistler
The Elizabeth Sequence
(Ms. Paulette Millichap accepting lor Council Oak Books Publishing)
(Ms. Carol Haralson accepting for Amagansett Press)
Excellence in Design/Illustration ............ Mr. David C. Hunt
Mr. Charles Banks Wilson
The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson
(Ms. Jan Keene accepting lor David C. Hunt)
(Mr. George Bauer accepting lor the University 01 Oklahoma Press)
Lifetime Achievement Award Presented by
Mr. Robert Clark
Director, Oklahoma Department of Libraries
NOMINEES
Mr. Daniel Boorstin ......... Librarian of Congress Emeritus and
Pulitzer Prize Winner
Mr. Ralph Ellison ..................................... Pulitzer Prize Winner
Mr. Harold Keith .................................. Newbery Medal Winner
Mr. Savoie Lottinville ........ Head of Okla. Univ. Press Emeritus
Mr. N. Scott Momaday ............................ Pulitzer Prize Winner
JUDGES
Mr. George Alexandrus Dr. Jerry Holt
Mr. Daniel Blanchard Dr. Joan Isom
Mr. Lee Bollinger Mrs. Claire Jones
Dr. Kenny Brown Dr. Davis D. Joyce
Mr. David Clark Dr. Jennifer Kidney
Mrs. Ginger Crane Mr. J. Howard McElhaney
Dr. David Dary Mr. Robert Motter, Jr.
Dr. George Economu Mrs. Marcia Preston
Mrs. Jonette Ellis Mr. Ron Robinson
Mrs. Bettie Estes-Rickner Mr. Ed Shaw
Mrs. Maggie Culver Fry Mrs. Letty Watt
Dr. Anthony Zorlo
These men and women, representing writers, booksellers, pro­fessors,
librarians, reviewers, editors, designers and publishers,
brought their talents to the task of determining the winners for this
year's Oklahoma Book Awards. We applaud the efforts of this
distinguished panel of judges for identifying the best Oklahoma­related
books published between September 1, 1988 and September
1, 1989. Salute!!!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Miss April Allen Mr. Patrick Krittenbrink
Mr. Robert Allen Mrs. Dana Morrow
Aunt Pittypat's National Cowboy Hall of
Bollinger's Bookhouse Fame
Mr. Douglas Bowman Neustadt Charitable
Breeden Paint Company FOUI1datiOrl,
Mrs. Aarone Corwin Oklahoma Department of ,:
Mrs. Judy Dearing Libraries -
Mrs. Tom Garrard Dr. Byron Price < ~
. '. Ms. Jan Keene Runkle Moroch, InC .
. " 'Mis. Debra Krittenbrink Mrs. Dana Sullivant
Mr. Bill Young
The Oklahoma Center for the Book wishes to gratefully
acknowledge these individuals, businesses and foundations for
their assistance with this event.
ABOUT THE OKLAHOMA BOOK AWARDS
The Oklahoma Book Awards were in~iated by the Oklahoma
Center for the Book in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
They support the Center's purpose of stimulating public aware·
ness and appreciation of books, reading and libraries in Okla­homa
and nationally.
Books nominated for the awards must have an Oklahoma��based
theme or have been written by an author who has resided
in Oklahoma. The books nominated this year were published
between September 1, 1988 and September 1, 1989.
The Oklahoma Book Awards Committee inaugurated the
awards during Oklahoma's Land Run Centennial year, 1989, to
point out the importance of Oklahoma authors and stories in
chronicling the unique her~age of our state.

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HONORING:
MR. DAVID C. HUNT
MR: WILLlAM KISTLER
,. ,MR. LEONARD J. LEFF
MRS,HELEN RONEY SATTLER
MR.&OBERT LOVE TAYLOR
~MR~ i::PIARLES BANKS WILSON
,. " .. r ~' . .;r;l': I
" 16 ·!iI . ! ! .~ " " 1'"
", November 17, 1989
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
FICTION
Mr. Robert Love Taylor ................................ The Lost Sister
Born and raised in Oklahoma, Robert Love Taylor is now a professor
of English at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. He has published
more than 60 short stories in the most distinguished American merary
journals. The Lost Sister is based on Taylo(s own family history.
Patty Lou Floyd, author of The Sliver DeSoto, says, "Taylor's
dialogue becomes a metaphor for Oklahoma of the '20s and '30s,
evoking the people's bare-bones existence and the washed-away,
blown-away landscape."
NON-FICTION
Mr. Leonard J_ Left ...................... _.. Hitchcock and Selznick
An Oklahoman since 1979, Leonard J. Left is an associate professor
of English at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. He has written
numerous articles for popular art magazines and academic journals,
and Hitchcock and Selznlck received a British Film Instttute Book
Award in t 988. The story of the Hollywood collaboration of two distinct
personaltties which never meshed, the New York Times Book Review
calls his book "Compelling ... an absorbing dual portratt of professional
equals."
CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT
Mrs. Helen Roney Sattler .. Tyrannosaurus Rex and Its Kin
An Oklahoman since 1952, Helen Roney Sattler has been both an
elementary school teacher and a children's librarian. She has over 30
books in print, and has been honored wtth a Boston Globe/Horn Book
Award, a Golden Kite Award, and an American Library Association
Book Award. Tyrannosaurus Rex tells where each dinosaur lived
and how its body was adapted to tts style of hunting; full-color
paintings show each creature in tts natural habttat.
POETRY AND PLAYSCRIPT
Mr. William Kistler .... _.. .................. The Elizabeth Sequence
A native ofT ulsa, William Kistler now combines a business career wtth
the wrtting of poetry. He is the author of three recent books of poetry
in addttion to this collection, and has been published in popular and
scholarly magazines. The Elizabeth Sequence is a 20-year collec­tion
of poetry which traces a relationship from inttial meeting to
departure. Elizabeth Hardwick says, "Love poems these are, the
eternal thing, found love and lost love. They will bring back old
memories and stir new reflections in any reader."
DESIGN/ILLUSTRATION
Mr. David C. Hunt and Charles Banks Wilson .. _.. .............. ..
The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson
Author David C. Hunt and artist Charles Banks Wilson have collabo­rated
to produce a book of over 100 lithographs reproduced as
duotones. Hunt is Curator of Art at the Center for Western Studies in
Omaha, Nebraska, and has served as curator of the Gilcrease
Museum in Tulsa. Charles Banks Wilson of Miami, Oklahoma, has
portraits in the State Capitol Rotunda. His works are in the permanent
collections of the Metropolttan Museum of Art, Library of Congress
and Smtthsonian Institute. Alexandre Hogue says of Wilson's collec­tion
of Oklahoma paintings: "A kind of inner light, glow or brilliance
seems to come right out of the prints. Hurray for my student David
Hunt."
OKLAHOMA BOOK AWARDS
PROGRAM
Welcome ................................................ Mr. Daniel Blanchard
President, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Special Tribute to Dr. Arrell Gibson
First President, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Presentation of Awards ............................... Mr. Robert Allen
Director, Oklahoma Educational Television Authority
Fiction ............................................... Mr. Robert Love Taylor
The Lost Sister
(Mrs. Bettye Dew accepting lor Algonquin Books 01 Chapel Hill)
Non-Fiction ............................................. Mr. Leonard J. Left
Hitchcock and Selznick
(Published by Grove Weidenleld)
Children and Young Adult ........... Mrs. Helen Roney Sattler
Tyrannosaurus Rex and Its Kin
(Ms. Kathryn Gatz accepting for Mrs. Sattler)
(Published by Lothrop. Lee and Shepard)
Poetry and Playscript .............................. Mr. William Kistler
The Elizabeth Sequence
(Ms. Paulette Millichap accepting lor Council Oak Books Publishing)
(Ms. Carol Haralson accepting for Amagansett Press)
Excellence in Design/Illustration ............ Mr. David C. Hunt
Mr. Charles Banks Wilson
The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson
(Ms. Jan Keene accepting lor David C. Hunt)
(Mr. George Bauer accepting lor the University 01 Oklahoma Press)
Lifetime Achievement Award Presented by
Mr. Robert Clark
Director, Oklahoma Department of Libraries
NOMINEES
Mr. Daniel Boorstin ......... Librarian of Congress Emeritus and
Pulitzer Prize Winner
Mr. Ralph Ellison ..................................... Pulitzer Prize Winner
Mr. Harold Keith .................................. Newbery Medal Winner
Mr. Savoie Lottinville ........ Head of Okla. Univ. Press Emeritus
Mr. N. Scott Momaday ............................ Pulitzer Prize Winner
JUDGES
Mr. George Alexandrus Dr. Jerry Holt
Mr. Daniel Blanchard Dr. Joan Isom
Mr. Lee Bollinger Mrs. Claire Jones
Dr. Kenny Brown Dr. Davis D. Joyce
Mr. David Clark Dr. Jennifer Kidney
Mrs. Ginger Crane Mr. J. Howard McElhaney
Dr. David Dary Mr. Robert Motter, Jr.
Dr. George Economu Mrs. Marcia Preston
Mrs. Jonette Ellis Mr. Ron Robinson
Mrs. Bettie Estes-Rickner Mr. Ed Shaw
Mrs. Maggie Culver Fry Mrs. Letty Watt
Dr. Anthony Zorlo
These men and women, representing writers, booksellers, pro­fessors,
librarians, reviewers, editors, designers and publishers,
brought their talents to the task of determining the winners for this
year's Oklahoma Book Awards. We applaud the efforts of this
distinguished panel of judges for identifying the best Oklahoma­related
books published between September 1, 1988 and September
1, 1989. Salute!!!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Miss April Allen Mr. Patrick Krittenbrink
Mr. Robert Allen Mrs. Dana Morrow
Aunt Pittypat's National Cowboy Hall of
Bollinger's Bookhouse Fame
Mr. Douglas Bowman Neustadt Charitable
Breeden Paint Company FOUI1datiOrl,
Mrs. Aarone Corwin Oklahoma Department of ,:
Mrs. Judy Dearing Libraries -
Mrs. Tom Garrard Dr. Byron Price < ~
. '. Ms. Jan Keene Runkle Moroch, InC .
. " 'Mis. Debra Krittenbrink Mrs. Dana Sullivant
Mr. Bill Young
The Oklahoma Center for the Book wishes to gratefully
acknowledge these individuals, businesses and foundations for
their assistance with this event.
ABOUT THE OKLAHOMA BOOK AWARDS
The Oklahoma Book Awards were in~iated by the Oklahoma
Center for the Book in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
They support the Center's purpose of stimulating public aware·
ness and appreciation of books, reading and libraries in Okla­homa
and nationally.
Books nominated for the awards must have an Oklahoma��based
theme or have been written by an author who has resided
in Oklahoma. The books nominated this year were published
between September 1, 1988 and September 1, 1989.
The Oklahoma Book Awards Committee inaugurated the
awards during Oklahoma's Land Run Centennial year, 1989, to
point out the importance of Oklahoma authors and stories in
chronicling the unique her~age of our state.

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